| P number: | P001512 |
|---|---|
| Old photograph number: | D02513 |
| Caption: | Oblique aerial view of the Westfield Opencast Coal Mine from the south-south-west, Fife Region. The site covers 1285 acres of which the excavation shown to the north of the Kinglassie-Ballingry road covers 920 acres. |
| Description: | Oblique aerial view of the Westfield Opencast Coal Mine from the south-south-west, Fife Region. The site covers 1285 acres of which the excavation shown to the north of the Kinglassie-Ballingry road covers 920 acres. The photograph shows the various working benches and the coal haul roadways used by the 35 ton capacity dump trucks to transport the mined coal to the washery complex. The open-pit works commenced in January 1961 and by 1978 21 million tons of coal had been extracted and 100 million cubic yards of excavation works undertaken. |
| Date taken: | Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1977 |
| Photographer: | Christie, A. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 321000 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 799000 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 354.58 KB; 996 x 1000 pixels; 84 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 264 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Industrial geology |
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